Template:Infobox saint

{{{name}}}
Feast	{{{feast_day}}}

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To use this template, copy the wikitext below and paste it in the "Veneration" section of the article. If the article is not divided into sections, it should be placed on top. Then, fill out the data fields. You can omit any unused fields.

Usage

{{{name}}}
[[Image:{{{image}}}|250px|center]] {{{caption}}}
{{{titles}}}
Born	{{{birth_date}}}, {{{birth_place}}}
Died	{{{death_date}}}, {{{death_place}}}
Venerated in	{{{venerated_in}}}
Beatified	{{{beatified_date}}}, {{{beatified_place}}} by {{{beatified_by}}}
Canonized	{{{canonized_date}}}, {{{canonized_place}}} by {{{canonized_by}}}
Major shrine	{{{major_shrine}}}
Feast	{{{feast_day}}}
Attributes	{{{attributes}}}
Patronage	{{{patronage}}}
Controversy	{{{issues}}}
Catholic cult suppressed	{{{suppressed_date}}} by {{{suppressed_by}}}

{{Infobox saint
| honorific_prefix=
| name = 
| honorific_suffix=
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| titles = 
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = 
| home_town = 
| residence = 
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| venerated_in = 
| beatified_date = 
| beatified_place = 
| beatified_by = 
| canonized_date = 
| canonized_place = 
| canonized_by = 
| major_shrine = 
| feast_day = 
| attributes = 
| patronage = 
| issues = 
| suppressed_date = 
| suppressed_by = 
| influences = 
| influenced = 
| tradition = 
| major_works = 
}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Infobox saint

<templatedata> {"description": "",

"paramOrder": ["name", "image", "imagesize", "alt", "caption", "titles", "birth_date", "birth_place", "home_town", "residence", "death_date", "death_place", "feast_day", "honored_in", "beatified_date", "beatified_place", "beatified_by", "canonized_date", "canonized_place", "canonized_by", "major_shrine", "attributes", "patronage", "issues", "suppressed_date", "suppressed_by", "influences", "tradition", "influenced", "major_works"],
"params": {
 "name":        {"description": "Name under which the saint is venerated or best known. This should usually be the same as the article name.", "type": "string", "required": true},
 "image":       {"description": "An icon, statue, etc. Use the name of the image file only; do not include \"File:\" (formerly \"Image:\").", "type": "wiki-file-name"},
 "imagesize":   {"aliases": ["image_size"], "description": "Width of the image. Use appropriate units, e.g. 150px for 150 pixels. If this parameter is omitted, 250px will be used.", "type": "string"},
 "alt":         {"description": "Alt text for the image, for visually impaired readers. See WP:ALT. It should be specified if image is specified.", "type": "string"},
 "caption":     {"description": "Caption for image, if felt useful.", "type": "string"},
 "titles":      {"description": "Title/s under which saint is venerated. See the Style Guidelines for a definition of titles.", "type": "string"},
 "birth_date":  {"description": "Date of birth. Can be approximate.", "type": "date"},
 "birth_place": {"description": "Place of birth, if known.", "type": "string"},
 "home_town":   {"type": "string"},
 "residence":   {"type": "string"},
 "death_date":  {"description": "Date of death. Can be approximate.", "type": "date"},
 "death_place": {"description": "Place of death, if known.", "type": "string"},
 "honored_in":  {"aliases": ["honoured_in", "venerated_in"], "description": "Denomination/s that recognize the saint.", "type": "string"},
 "beatified_date":  {"description": "Date of beatification (if applicable).", "type": "date"},
 "beatified_place": {"description": "Place where beatification announced (if applicable).", "type": "string"},
 "beatified_by":    {"description": "Authority for beatification. (In Catholicism, this will be a Pope.)", "type": "string"},
 "canonized_date":  {"description": "Date of canonization (if applicable).", "type": "date"},
 "canonized_place": {"description": "Place of solemn canonization/glorification.", "type": "string"},
 "canonized_by":    {"description": "Authority for canonization. In Catholicism, this will be a Pope; in Orthodoxy, usually a synod.", "type": "string"},
 "major_shrine": {"description": "e.g. site where saint's relics or principal icon held.", "type": "string"},
 "feast_day":    {"description": "Saint's principal feast day. Catholic and Orthodox calendars as well as that of other denominations often have different dates for the same saint. If a saint is venerated by more than one denomination, it would be good to indicate which days belong to which. E.g., for St. John the Apostle: 27 December (Catholic), 8 May (Orthodox).", "type": "date"},
 "attributes":   {"description": "Standard iconographic elements: pontifical, episcopal insignia etc, tools of martyrdom, etc.", "type": "string"},
 "patronage":    {"description": "Trades, occupations, places, diseases, etc.", "type": "string"},
 "issues":       {"description": "e.g. controversies about or associated with the saint.", "type": "string"},
 "suppressed_date": {"description": "Date when cult associated with this saint suppressed (Catholicism).", "type": "date"},
 "suppressed_by":   {"description": "Pope under whose authority the saint was removed from official veneration.", "type": "string"},
 "influences":   {"type": "string"},
 "influenced":   {"type": "string"},
 "tradition":    {"type": "string"},
 "major_works":  {"type": "string"}
}

} </templatedata>

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the date is before 1583). Be cautious about using these if the person is still living, per WP:DOB.

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

• adr
• agent
• bday
• birthplace
• category
• country-name
• deathdate
• deathplace
• extended-address
• family-name
• fn (required)
• given-name
• honorific-prefix
• honorific-suffix
• label
• locality
• n
• nickname
• note
• org
• role
• url
• vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using infobox saint with unknown parameters (0)